
THIS - GIDDY GLOBE - BY - PETER SIMPLE, F.T.G. - FELLOW OF THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE
COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO - PRESIDENT WILSON - [With all his faults he quotes me still.]
PREFACE
THIS GIDDY GLOBE
PART I - WHY IS THE GLOBE? - CHAPTER I
PREFACE - STRICTLY PRIVATE
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
A delightfully absurd tour of a world that has just been invented, this audio brings a mischievous narrator’s musings on creation, geography, and the impossible expectations of a picky critic. The speaker playfully riffs on biblical six‑day creation, swapping sky blues for turquoise greens, and imagines a critic crawling out of a nebular cargo to punt at every flaw. Along the way, you’ll meet witty footnotes about suffrage, a secret private preface, and a cast of imagined geographers ranging from Moses to modern scholars.
The prose is a blend of lyrical parody and witty essay, punctuated by whimsical poetry and oddball illustrations that keep the ear tuned to the absurd. Listeners will feel like they’re sitting in a salon where the author confesses a habit of digression, inviting you to gently steer the conversation back whenever it wanders. All the while, the globe itself remains a living, shifting joke, promising endless amusement without ever revealing its ultimate shape.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (60K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Anne Storer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2008-07-14
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1863–1935
Known for witty poems, playful drawings, and a light touch with satire, this Anglo-American writer delighted both children and adults. His work moved easily between nonsense verse, illustration, and literary humor, making him a distinctive voice of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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